Resources

The Eight Main Works Our Exploration Is Centered Around:

• The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt
• Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of Saint Therese of Lisieux
• The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by the Dalai Lama
• Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson
• The Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Pyschology of Well Being by Daniel Hayborn -OR- A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William Irvine
• Hector and the Search for Happiness by Francois Lelord
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy -OR- Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Other Resources (Separated by Topic Where Applicable):

General

• The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
• Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
• “Bright-sided”: When Happiness Doesn’t Help by Barbara Ehrenreich
• Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers
• When the Mind Wanders, Happiness also Strays by John Tierney Nytimes November 15, 2o1o

Economics

• What Can Economists Learn From Happiness Research? by Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer
• The Economics of Happiness by Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer
• Income and Happiness: Towards a Unified Theory by Richard A Easterlin
• On the Foundations of Happiness by Luis Rayo and Gary S. Becker
• Will Raising the Incomes of All the Increase Happiness of All? by Richard A. Easterlin
• “Age and Happiness: The U-bend of Life. Why, beyond middle age, people get happier as they get older.
  The Economist (December 16, 2010)